coronavirus
Final-Year Medicine Students to Face Oral Exam If Suspected of Cheating
Final-year medicine students sat their exams on Zoom this week, with invigilators able to ask them to show their screen at any time.
Student Hardship Fund Raises €200k in A Week, After Graduate Appeal
Provost Patrick Prendergast told staff and students that the response from graduates to the appeal has been ‘extraordinary’.
College to Spend €200k Recruiting Chinese Students
The move will see Trinity employing two full-time staff in China.
IFUT Blasts Government Over ‘Slight’ on Academics in Exam Preparation
The union says Higher Education Minister Mary Mitchell O'Connor has overlooked the contribution of academic staff in summer assessments.
Students to Get Exam Results Three Weeks Later than Normal, in New Timeline
Students' results will start coming out on Monday, June 15th, according to a confidential document approved by University Council yesterday.
Explainer: No ‘No Detriment’, But Several Mitigating Measures
Council will be asked to approve a set of proposals, in place of no detriment, to mitigate the issues students face in summer assessments.
Analysis
College Has Said No to No Detriment – But Obeyed the Spirit of the Policy
Trinity hasn't adopted no detriment – but it has put a lot of work into minimising detriment to students this exam period, writes Aoife Kearins.
Trinity to Reject ‘Unworkable’ No Detriment, But Offer Backup Options
Council will today be asked to approve six alternative measures that Trinity says will ‘substantially mitigate the difficulties faced by students’.
Trinity Will Use Turnitin to Combat Cheating in Real-Time Exams
College will only run real-time online exams when they're ‘academically indispensable’, students were told today.
Findings by Trinity Ageing Researchers to Help National Coronavirus Response
TILDA researchers have published a slew of new data that will help formulate policy on limiting the spread of the virus among older people.